Friday, January 31, 2014

Gently mocking the likes of the now forgotten Norton Utilities, Sierra's The Laffer Utilities was a collection of mostly pointless, lovingly illustrated and sometimes funny utilities for MS-DOS PCs. The package came complete with a database of Al Lowe's jokes, silly wallpapers, a mock headline generator, a pointless AI thing and all sorts of weird stuff and you can find out more about them here.

To actually own the complete boxed Laffer Utilities, do have a look at this eBay auction for The Laffer Utilities (PC). Seller ships worldwide.

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Gunfright by Ultimate Play The Game, a lovely isometric shooter initially released for the ZX Spectrum, enjoyed an even lovelier port for Amstrad's 8-bit micro. And if you missed it almost 30 years ago, you can still grab it via eBay and this Gunfright (CPC) auction. It's the complete boxed game and the seller is shipping worldwide.

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Never really thought that those ancient, lumbering computing beasts would ever appear on eBay, but it seems this particular PDP-12 has just proven me wrong. It should be fully operational too, though its buyer will have to (somehow) pick it up from its current home in Long Island (NY) and move it to a brand new '70s styled laboratory or secret base.

The PDP-12, itself, is a dual processor, 12-bit mini computer that was built in 1969 in order to be used in research centers and run a variety of early operating systems. You can find out more about it here and here.

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

The Game Boy Light, a sleek and back-lit Nintendo Game Boy, is the best iteration of the classic 8-bit handheld, yet also the rarest one. Also, it's just beautiful. And pretty modest on the battery consumption front too and you can grab a complete, golden (limited Japanese edition), boxed one via this GameBoy Light auction. Seller ships worldwide.

Monday, January 6, 2014

Interested in an exorbitantly priced controller for your N64? Care for one of the rarest joypads around? Well, look no further than this Millennium 2000 auction then. You'll be grabbing one of the 1000 joypads made and you'll be the proud owner of a truly lovely Nintendo 64 accessory. Seller ships worldwide.

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Used to really want a Portfolio back in the day, though I'm still not sure what I'd have done with the thing. Still finding it appealing in its Atari PortfolioeBay auction suite today, mind you, especially considering it can always be used against Terminators. The Portfolio, something between a PDA and a '90s notebook, comes with a variety of built-in apps, a 5Mhz CPU, 128k of RAM and its very own DOS. It runs on 3AA batteries.

Friday, January 3, 2014

The first (and apparently least successful) 32-bit console, the Amiga CD32, has made itself available in one handy eBay bundle. Bid on it for the console, a controller, a sampler CD and 10 games including the brilliant Sensible Soccer, Speedball 2 and Pinball Dreams. Seller ships only within Europe.

Thursday, January 2, 2014

Here's a little something that's cheap, well aged and proper for those slow post-holidays retro gaming days. It's Wheelie for the ZX Spectrum and it's on eBay. Seller is shipping to more than a few countries.